Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was born in Mainz, Germany, and while his proper birthdate is unknown, he was given an “official and symbolic date of birth” of June 24, 1400, by ...

Google has chosen to celebrate Gutenberg on 14 April, because on that date in 2000 the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, launched an exhibition to honour him in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

Gutenberg's place and exact date of birth is unknown, but he was born around the year 1400, most likely in Mainz but perhaps in Eltville on the other side of the Rhine in the Rheingau region west ...

The Gutenberg Bible ranks among the most prized of rare books, but within three centuries of its printing around 1455, its version of Scripture was considered obsolete and its creator, Johannes ...

In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, revolutionizing the way the written word was disseminated. Nowadays, there’s only one fully functional Gutenberg press in the ...